s¤Dam¢N¢v¢cæOa¢N    B¥¢mBaga¢n    svIS:    ,
dSg#£v:    ÞvBvnE    p#adSIyt    mW¢Tl£m¯    .11.

s¤Dam¢N¢v¢cæOa¢N

beautified with inlaid pearls

B¥¢mBaga¢n

floors

svIS:

on all sides

dSg#£v:

the ten headed monster

ÞvBvnE

in his palace

p#adSIyt

showed

mW¢Tl£m¯

to Sita

11.Ravana   showed   to   Sita   the   floors   beautified   on   all   sides   with   inlaid
pearls.

d£¢GIka:    p¤Ýk¢rÎyà    nanav¦Xsm¢Óvta:    ,
ravNaE    dSIyamas    s£ta|    SaEkprayNam¯    .12.

d£¢GIka:

with staircases

p¤Ýk¢rÎy:   c

spacious wells

nanav¦Xsm¢Óvta:

surrounded by various trees

ravN:

Ravana

dSIyamas

showed

s£ta|

to Sita

SaEkprayNam¯

who was overcome with grief

12.Ravana   showed   Sita,   who   was   overcome   with   grief,   spacious   wells
with   staircases   and   surrounded   by   various   trees.

dSI¢yÏva    t¤    vWdE/a:    k]Ïs"|    tìvnaEäOmm¯    ,
uvac    vaÀy|    papaÏma    ravNaE    jnkaÏmjam¯    .13.

dSI¢yÏva   t¤

after showing

vWdE/a:

to Sita

k]Ïs"|

the whole

tt¯

that

BvnaEäOmm¯

excellent palace

uvac	spoke as follows

vaÀy|

words

papaÏma

mind set on sin

ravN:

Ravana

jnkaÏmjam¯

to the daughter of Janaka

13.Ravana,   having   shown   the   excellent   palace   to   Sita   and   mind   set   on   sin
spoke   as   follows.

dS    raXskaEZYà    ¹a¢v|S¢trTapra:    ,
tExa|    p#B¤rh|    s£tE    sv©Ixa|    B£mkmINam¯    .14.

dS

ten

raXskaEZY:

crores of ogres

c   ¹a¢v|S¢t:

twenty two crores

AT	in addition

Apra:

others

tExa|

for them

p#B¤:

am the lord

Ah|

I

s£tE

Sita

sv©Ixa|

for all

B£mkmINam¯

of terrible deeds

14.Ravana   told   Sita   that   he   was   the   lord   of   ten   crore   ogres   and   twenty   two
other   crores   who   performed   terrible   deeds.

vjI¢yÏva    jrav¦¼an¯    bala|à    rjn£cran¯    ,
sh*mEkmEkÞy    mm    kayIp¤r:srm¯    .15.

vjI¢yÏva

barring

jrav¦¼an¯

the aged ones

balan¯   c

infants also

rjn£cran¯

night wanderers

sh*|

thousand

ek|

one

ekÞy

alone

mm

me

kayIp¤r:sr

are at beck and call

15.Ravana   told   Sita   that   barring   the   aged   ones   and   the   infants,   one
thousand   night   wanderers   are   at   his   beck   and   call   for   doing   his   work
alone

y¢dd|    rajtÓæO|    mE    Ïv¢y    svI|    p#¢t¢¿tm¯    ,
j£¢vt|    c    ¢vSala¢X    Ïv|    mE    p#aNWgIr£y¢s    .16.

yt¯

which

id|

this

rajtÓæO|

administration of the state

mE

my

Ïv¢y

to you

svI|

all

p#¢t¢¿tm¯

consecrated

j£¢vt|

even life

c	similarly done

¢vSala¢X

with broad eyes

Ïv|

you

mE

for me

p#aNW:

more than life

gr£y¢s

dearer

16.Ravana   told   Sita   that   the   administration   of   the   state   and   his   life   has   been
consecrated   to   her   and   that   she   was   more   dearer   than   his   life.

bh\na|    ÞæO£sh*aNa|    mm    yaE{saW    p¢rg#h:    ,
tasa|    Ïvm£ár£    s£tE    mm    BayaI    Bv    ¢p#yE    .17.

bh\na|

many

ÞæO£ssh*aNa|

for thousands of women

mm

my

y:

which

AsaW

he

p¢rhg#:

are wives, that

tasa|

for them

Ïv|

you

iIár£

the queen

s£tE

Sita

mm

my

BayaI

wife

Bv

become

¢p#yE

beloved

17.Ravana   told   Sita   that   he   had   many   thousand   wives   and   if   she   becomes
his   wife,   she   will   be   the   queen   for   all   of   them   and   him   also.

saD¤    ¢k|    tE{ÓyTa    b¤¼Ya    raEcyÞv    vcaE    mm    ,
BjÞv      ma{¢BtçOÞy    p#sad|    kt¤Imrqh¢s    .18.

saD¤

wholesome

¢k|

what use

tE

for you

AÓyTa

otherwise

b¤¼Ya

by thinking

raEcyÞv

accept

vc:

words

mm

my

BjÞv   ma

look favourably on me

A¢BtçOÞy

longing for you

p#sad|

grace

kt¤I|

to show

Arqh¢s

you should

18.Ravana   told   Sita   that   there   is   no   purpose   in   thinking   and   she   should
accept   his   wholesome   words.   She   must   look   favourably   on   him   and   show
grace   to   him   who   was   longing   for   her.

p¢r¢XçOa    sm¤d#EN    lHqkEy|    StyaEjna    ,
nEy|    DxI¢yt¤|    SÀya    sEÓd#Wr¢p    s¤ras¤rW:    .19.

p¢r¢XçOa

is surrounded

sm¤d#EN

by the ocean

lHqka

Lanka

iy|

this

StyaEjna

for eight hundred miles

n

not

iy|

this

DxI¢yt¤|

to storm

SÀya

possible

sEÓd#W:

with Indra

A¢p   s¤ras¤rW:

by gods and demons

19.Ravana   told   Sita   that   the   city   of   Lanka   is   surrounded   by   the   ocean   for
eight   hundred   miles   and   thus   it   is   cannot   be   taken   even   by   gods   and   demons   along   with   Indra   by   storm.

n    dEvEx¤    n    yXEx¤    n    gÓDv©Ix¤    p¢Xx¤    ,
Ah|    pÜya¢m    laEkEx¤    yaE    mE    v£yIsmaE    BvEt¯    .20.

n	I do not see

dEvEx¤

among gods

n	I do not see

yXEx¤

among yakshas

n	I do not see

gÓDv©Ix¤

among gandharvas

p¢Xx¤

among birds

Ah|

I

pÜya¢m

see

laEkEx¤

in all three worlds

y:

who

mE

for me

v£yIsm:

equal in prowess

BvEt¯

will become

20.Ravana   told   Sita   that   in   all   the   three   worlds   he   did   not   see   who   may   be
equal   in   prowess   to   him   even   among   gods,   yakshas,   gandharvas   or   birds.